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<a name="provider-notes"></a>Provider's notes</h2></div></div></div>
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<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="provider-notes.html#provider_notes_oracle">For Oracle</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html">For SQLite</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.3">The <code class="function">gda_file_exists()</code> function</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.4">The <code class="function">gda_hex_print()</code> function</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.5">The <code class="function">gda_hex()</code> function</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.6">The <code class="function">gda_rmdiacr()</code> function</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.7">The <code class="function">gda_upper()</code> and <code class="function">gda_lower()</code> functions</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlite.html#id-1.2.11.5.8">The <code class="function">regexp_match()</code> function</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlcipher.html#id-1.2.11.6.4">How to create and encrypted database</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlcipher.html#id-1.2.11.6.5">How to encrypt an existing plaintext database to an encrypted database file</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlcipher.html#id-1.2.11.6.6">How to change the passphrase of an encrypted database</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_sqlcipher.html#id-1.2.11.6.7">How to decrypt an existing database to a plaintext database</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_ldap.html#id-1.2.11.7.2">Authentication</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_ldap.html#id-1.2.11.7.3">Mapping to GdaDataModel</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="provider_notes_jdbc.html">For JDBC</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_jdbc.html#id-1.2.11.8.2">How it works</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_jdbc.html#id-1.2.11.8.3">JDBC drivers' location</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="provider_notes_jdbc.html#id-1.2.11.8.4">Connection parameters</a></span></dt>
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<p>
    This section lists some notes and recommendations on how to use each database provider.
  </p>
<p>
    Before opening a connection with a database provider, one needs to specify the connection parameters. These
    parameters, even though some are shared by many database providers, are specific to each provider and
    the <a class="link" href="libgda-sql.html" title="gda-sql">gda-sql</a> or the
    <a class="link" href="libgda-tools-list-config.html" title="gda-list-config-5.0">gda-list-config</a> tools can be used to obtain a complete list.
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<a name="provider_notes_oracle"></a>For Oracle</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
      The following arguments are used to connect to an Oracle database:
      </p>
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<a name="id-1.2.11.4.2.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1. </b></p>
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<th align="justify">Argument name</th>
<th align="justify">Description</th>
<th align="justify">Required</th>
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<td align="justify">DB_NAME</td>
<td align="justify">Service name: global database name entered during database creation (it combines a database name with a domain name), can be left empty to connect to the default database.</td>
<td align="justify">No</td>
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<td align="justify">HOST</td>
<td align="justify">Database server: host on which the database server is running</td>
<td align="justify">Yes</td>
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<td align="justify">PORT</td>
<td align="justify">Port: database server port (leave this field empty for the default 1521 port)</td>
<td align="justify">No</td>
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<td align="justify">SCHEMA</td>
<td align="justify">Schema: Name of the schema to use. If not specified, the schema defaults to that of the connected user.</td>
<td align="justify">No</td>
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<p><br class="table-break">
      Note however all the arguments above can be replaced by a single TNSNAME argument (see
      the "Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide" for more information about defining
      connection identifiers).
    </p>
<p>
      Also refer to the <a class="link" href="limitations_oracle.html" title="For Oracle">Oracle's provider's limitations</a>.
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